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A tribunal full bench has rejected a worker's claim that a judge erroneously created his own theory about her illness, in her appeal against a ruling that her various work-related musculoskeletal injuries did not cause her to develop a movement disorder.

A local council failed to comply with its legislative duty to properly review an injured worker's medical records, or consult his doctor, when preparing a return-to-work plan for him, a tribunal has ruled.

A PCBU is installing a GPS tracking and vehicle immobilisation system to lock out unqualified crane operators, and training supervisors on geotechnical ground conditions, under a WHS undertaking involving a crane-toppling incident.

A range of WHS amendments, including some improving harmonisation, are set to follow the root-and-branch review of SafeWork SA, but they won't include the softening of an entry rule pertaining to health and safety representatives, with the State Government emphatically rejecting a recommendation around this area.

This major OHS Alert report reviews all the need-to-know workplace health and safety and workers' comp developments from the past few months, including the passage of game-changing Respect@Work laws, numerous WHS amendments, COVID rulings, a state-first workplace manslaughter charge, and a record-smashing reckless conduct fine.

• Everyday object causes numerous workplace fires; and
  
• Unused seatbelt linked to one of three recent work deaths.

An employer that obtains a special "benefit" from an employee's otherwise routine journey from home to work isn't necessarily liable if the employee is injured in an accident along the way, a tribunal has found.

A tribunal president has warned that "intolerable" wait times for specialist medical appointments are having a major adverse impact on workers' compensation disputes and systems, and referred the matter to a government minister.

A PCBU has been fined $134,000, and it two directors $33,000 each, for failing to "comply with their basic obligations", after a young worker was pinned under 1.2 tonnes of steel sheets when parts of a structure collapsed.

A PCBU failed to take straightforward measures that would have protected a worker from being attacked by a client known to be violent, a tribunal has found in convicting the duty holder.